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Mickey Joseph is taking over as the interim head coach for the Nebraska football team after Scott Frost’s disastrous tenure came to an unceremonious end. With Frost out of the picture, Joseph is looking to turn the tides for the Cornhuskers in 2022 and get Nebraska some much-needed wins under its belt. Via The Athletic, […]

Ohio State football is about to get a huge boost to their wide receiver room ahead of a Week 3 contest against Toledo. Star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who missed the team’s second game of the year due to injury, is poised to return to the field for the Buckeyes. Here’s what head coach Ryan […]

As a player, Deion Sanders was never afraid to speak his mind. Sanders has carried that mindset into his duties as head coach for the Jackson State football program. After the Tigers’ win over Tennessee State in the Southern Heritage Classic- a yearly contest that the head coach has expressed disdain for in the past- […]

Marshall football shocked Notre Dame over the weekend. The Fighting Irish entered the matchup as heavy favorites but the Thundering Herd upset the odds. And it was an HBCU product, Charles Huff, who led the way for Marshall in the thrilling win, per hbcusports.com. Huff was formerly the captain for the Hampton football team. His […]

The Florida State Seminoles are looking to stay undefeated in the 2022 college football season after back-to-back victories over the Duquesne Dukes at home and against the LSU Tigers in a neutral-site game. Up ahead for them is a matchup against the 1-1 Louisville Cardinals on the road, and it’s an assignment Florida State football […]

Drew Pyne’s turn at quarterback has arrived. After Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman announced Monday that Tyler Buchner will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, Pyne has risen to the top of the Fighting Irish quarterback depth chart. Pyne appeared in four games over his first two seasons at […]

An era that once held so much promise has finally come to a merciful end in Lincoln, Nebraska. Now it’s time for Nebraska football to find a new head coach. When Nebraska football hired UCF head coach Scott Frost in late 2017, many hailed him as the savior of the program. Not only did he […]

The Wisconsin Badgers dropped a shocker this past weekend after losing to Washington State Cougars, 17-14, in Week 2 of their 2022 college football season. We’ll look at some takeaways from the Badgers’ shocking loss to Washington State. All of the good momentum that Paul Chryst’s Badgers squad seemed to build with its season-opening victory […]

The Pitt Panthers and Tennessee Volunteers battled for four hours and five minutes in a lengthy contest that was worth every second. However, Pittsburgh football was defeated 34-27. Here are some takeaways from Pittsburgh’s loss to Tennessee at Acrisure Stadium. On the opening play of overtime, Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker hit Cedric Tillman for the […]

The Utah Utes stamped their class and blew out the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, 73-7, for Utah football’s first win of the season. The Utes were anticipated to defeat the Thunderbirds, who were paid $600,000 to participate in the game. It wasn’t a shocker by any stretch. Nonetheless, defeating a club by more than 60 points […]

Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders has yet again spoken on behalf of HBCUs. This time, it is regarding the payouts they receive compared to other division one schools across the nation. Deion Sanders made his opinion felt during the Swac coaches call. Sanders brought up the pay difference that HBCUs receive in comparison to […]

Former Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost inherited an unfortunate title just three games into the 2022 season: first FBS coach to be fired this year. The Cornhuskers parted ways with Frost after four losing seasons- and an unsatisfactory start to this year’s campaign. The move got the rumors and questions started- who will be […]

In perhaps the biggest upset of Week 2, Marshall football defeated the then-No. 8 Notre Dame on the road 26-21. The upset barely put the Thundering Herd in the college football rankings, but it was enough to take the Fighting Irish out of the Top 25. With a perfect 2-0 record to start the season, […]

Week 2 of the college football season was full of upsets. But perhaps the most shocking victory of the week was Marshall’s convincing 26-20 win over Notre Dame football Formerly 8th ranked Notre Dame now falls to 0-2 on the year after also suffering a loss at the hands of Ohio State in their opening […]

In one of the more surprising matchups of the weekend, Alabama football and Texas went right down to the wire. The Crimson Tide ultimately secured the 20-19 victory, but it took a late field goal to secure this result. It was a game that went far off the script that Nick Saban and Alabama football […]

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly hilariously trolled himself during a recent press conference. Kelly, who was late to the press conference, brought a $10 dollar bill with him and showed it to the media. He said “there is my ten dollars” as a fee for being tardy. He shared the video to his Twitter […]

Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M football were stunned by the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday, as the top-10 program was bested by a score of 17-14. The loss bumped the Aggies all the way down to no. 24 in the new AP Top 25 poll. But the implications of the shocking upset could be even […]

Kentucky football star running back Chris Rodriguez Jr was arrested during the offseason and was charged with a DUI and reckless driving. He is ultimately facing a suspension. CBS Sports reported on Monday that Rodriguez will be suspended for two more games. Rodriguez will be then eligible to return ahead of the Wildcats’ matchup with […]

In one of the best games of college football in Week 2, the Texas Longhorns almost came out with an upset win over the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide. The contest was only decided in the waning moments, with Alabama hitting a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Despite the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats have emerged as a surprise team this college football season and supplied further evidence of this in their victory over 12th-ranked Florida in Week 2. This was a statement win for Kentucky in front of the Florida home crowd at The Swamp. The Wildcats have improved their record to 2-0 on the […]

Just when it seemed like the Notre Dame football season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start, things got worse on Monday when the program provided an injury update on quarterback Tyler Buchner. Buchner, who sustained a shoulder injury late in the team’s shocking loss to Marshall, will miss the rest of the season […]

Alabama narrowly escaped with a win over the Longhorns in Texas. However, one controversial play had the potential to drastically change the result of the game. This non-safety play drew criticism from people all over the college football world. Alabama head coach Nick Saban recently addressed the call, per Charlie Potter. “It never got explained really […]

Texas football just lost a tremendous heartbreaker to Alabama, 20-19. It was a crazy game for head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Texas football program that did not end well. On the flip side, Texas did give Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and his team everything they could take and then some. In […]

Scott Frost is out as the head coach of the Nebraska football team. With a 1-2 record following a stunning loss to Georgia Southern, the Cornhuskers kicked Frost to the curb after posting an overall record of 16-31. Ndamukong Suh came in with the jokes after the news broke of Frost being let go. Despite […]

Scott Frost was fired from his role as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sunday after a brutal start to the year. Following the unthinkable loss to Georgia Southern on Saturday, Nebraska football decided it was best to change course and fire Frost. Part of his firing will feature a massive $15 million buyout, […]

The Texas Longhorns came so close to shocking the college football world on Saturday. Hosting top-ranked Alabama, the Longhorns went blow-for-blow with the Crimson Tide all afternoon. Texas took the lead with less than 90 seconds to go, needing just one more stop to pull off the stunning upset. Unfortunately for the Longhorns, Alabama escaped […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers got off to an abysmal start to the 2022 college football season, and as a result, the program has finally pulled the plug on the Scott Frost experiment. On Sunday, after Nebraska was shockingly routed 45-42 by Georgia Southern, the team’s second humiliating loss of the season, Frost was informed that he’d […]

The second college football Saturday of the season is in the books, and what a day it was. Week 2 featured stunning upsets and near-upsets, including three top 10 teams losing. No loss, though, was anywhere close to shocking as Texas A&M’s. The Aggies played host to Appalachian State, a school they paid $1.5 million […]

Ohio State football upended Arkansas State, 45-12, this weekend to move to 2-0 on the season. On Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes were projected to win by at least 44 points against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Many thought that spread was too much, which was actually was the case. Still, the Buckeyes outscored the […]

Week two of the 2022 college football season is in the books, and the sport’s landscape looks quite different. Three teams in the top 10 lost on Saturday, two of them to unranked opponents. While Alabama football, the top-ranked team in the nation, was not among the teams to fall, the Crimson Tide came scarily […]

When he’s not working on film projects and maybe running for governor of Texas, Matthew McConaughey is a true, blue – or should I say Orange – fan of the Texas Football Longhorns. He’s been a visible fixture of the team’s games since before Vince Young was under center competing in some of the best […]

Clemson football signed coach Dabo Swinney to a new 10-year, $115 million contract earlier this week. It was not a mistake to do so. The news of Dabo Swinney’s new deal broke quickly and fiercely this past Thursday. Not surprisingly, it yielded reactions ranging from contempt and derision to support and enthusiasm. With someone like […]

This is not the Texas A&M team college football fans were hoping to see. The sixth-ranked team in the country was supposed to be one of the better teams in the league. Their offense had question marks, yes, but their defense was stacked with talent. As long as the Aggies offense didn’t sputter, they should’ve […]

After securing a 31-0 win over Sam Houston in Week 1, Jimbo Fisher’s Texas A&M squad was dished an absolutely heartbreaking loss at the hands of Appalachian State in front of their home crowd. Some fans went overboard declaring that the season is over, others joked that the school paid App State $1.5 million to […]

Andrew Luck rarely finds himself under the spotlight these days. After all, his days of playing football are way behind him now. But on Saturday, the former Indianapolis Colts had football fans’ attention all on him again as he was honored by the Stanford Cardinal before the game against the USC Trojans at Stanford Stadium […]

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers family showed redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Bryan Bresee all the love they could. During the Tiger Walk Saturday, Bresee was together with Swinney and his Clemson football teammates walking into the team’s home opener against the Furman Paladins, each wearing an “E11a Strong” shirt in a show of support […]

This has been a wild day for college football, hasn’t it? In a sport where upsets are hailed as the greatest thing ever, Saturday night saw major upsets across the board. One of these upsets came at the expense of Texas A&M, who lost to Appalachian State’s football team in surprising fashion. So, how did […]

Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney believes quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is a major reason why the team is off to its first 2-0 start since the 2020 season after defeating the Furman Paladins, 35-12, on Saturday. “DJ has played with a lot of toughness. What you saw out there is what he’s shown in practice. Been […]

Texas Tech football’s win over the Houston Cougars wasn’t exactly an upset, but it didn’t stop the Red Raiders fans from celebrating the victory. After Joey McGuire’s men eked out a 33-30 victory over the Cougars on Saturday, the home fans quickly stormed the field to celebrate with the team. The goal post even went […]